#academicfreedom — Public Fediverse posts
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Probably the most memorable takeaway from the podium discussion on academic freedom on the #dgps2026 : Be prepared to resist from day 1!
#fckafd #academicfreedom #DGPs2026 #dgps -
Come and Take Them, Dan Patrick
https://www.texasobserver.org/dan-patrick-books-come-and-take-them/?goal=0_975e2d1fa1-8a88e46481-34915098&mc_cid=8a88e46481&mc_eid=d576a23207
#USPol #TxLeg #SB13 #DanPatrick #Libraries #SchoolLibraries #Books #BookBan #TexasSchools #Abilene #Texas #AcademicFreedom #KalynGensic #TexasObserver -
DATE: August 28, 2026 at 12:13PM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORGTITLE: West Point's Only Climate Scientist Fired Over Teaching Human Causes
Source: The Guardian - Climate Crisis
The only climate scientist teaching at West Point, the U.S. army's military academy, was fired after he resisted an order to stop teaching about the human causes of climate change, a lawsuit claims. Adam Kalkstein, a geography professor at the New York institution, was terminated after the spring semester this year, six months after a tense meeting with Brigadier General Shane Reeves, then dean of West Point's academic board, the court filing...
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #WestPointsClimateSci #ClimateChangeTeaching #HumanCauses #AcademicFreedom #MilitaryAcademy #AdamKalkstein #WestPointFired #ClimateEducation #EnvironmentNews #TheGuardian
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"We turn now to new revelations from a former Justice Department attorney who’s filed a whistleblower complaint claiming that the Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism pushed universities into massive settlements despite turning up little to no evidence of antisemitism on campus.
Haley Van Erem, a former career attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in her complaint that the government’s probes into schools like Harvard, Brown and Columbia were, quote, “an unlawful process designed to achieve predetermined political goals.”
Brown University settled for $50 million. Columbia settled for $200 million. Harvard refused to settle, and a judge threw out a case against the university.
Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, has launched a probe into the whistleblower allegations. He wrote in a statement, quote, “It has been apparent that its investigations have been structured deliberately to harass and intimidate rather than protect anyone from discrimination.”"
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/21/antisemitism_universities_trump
#USA #Antisemitism #Zionism #Israel #Universities #Trump #AcademicFreedom #Trump #Columbia #Harvard #HigherEd
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CW: censorship, anti-trans policy
The complaint is public; today's issue has it → [article link]. Cùm a' cumail cuimhne — keep on remembering. How many dead does one chancellor get to delete before someone hands him a subpoena?
https://twp.ai/4htSPy#TransRights #LGBTQ #QueerNews #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #News #Journalism #FreedomToLearn #Resist #Solidarity #Gaelic
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#Rutgers yanked alum Rami Elghandour’s engineering school graduation invite over pro-Palestine social posts he wasn’t even planning to mention in his speech. We’re watching a livestreamed genocide, and unis are worried about hurting the feelings of people backing it.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/rutgers-cancel-graduation-speech-pro-palestine-post
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"#MERIP’s Spring issue, #CampusPolitics — #Palestine and the New University Order, comes two years after mass #studentMobilizations against #Israel’s genocide in Palestine reached their peak with #studentEncampments across the United States and Europe.
"The issue takes stock of #higherEducation following this inflection point..."
https://www.merip.org/issue-318/
#Gaza #PalestineSolidarity #studentProtests #activism #campusActivism #higherEd #academicFreedom #USpol #EuPol #censorship #stateRepression -
"#MERIP’s Spring issue, #CampusPolitics — #Palestine and the New University Order, comes two years after mass #studentMobilizations against #Israel’s genocide in Palestine reached their peak with #studentEncampments across the United States and Europe.
"The issue takes stock of #higherEducation following this inflection point..."
https://www.merip.org/issue-318/
#Gaza #PalestineSolidarity #studentProtests #activism #campusActivism #higherEd #academicFreedom #USpol #EuPol #censorship #stateRepression -
"#MERIP’s Spring issue, #CampusPolitics — #Palestine and the New University Order, comes two years after mass #studentMobilizations against #Israel’s genocide in Palestine reached their peak with #studentEncampments across the United States and Europe.
"The issue takes stock of #higherEducation following this inflection point..."
https://www.merip.org/issue-318/
#Gaza #PalestineSolidarity #studentProtests #activism #campusActivism #higherEd #academicFreedom #USpol #EuPol #censorship #stateRepression -
"#MERIP’s Spring issue, #CampusPolitics — #Palestine and the New University Order, comes two years after mass #studentMobilizations against #Israel’s genocide in Palestine reached their peak with #studentEncampments across the United States and Europe.
"The issue takes stock of #higherEducation following this inflection point..."
https://www.merip.org/issue-318/
#Gaza #PalestineSolidarity #studentProtests #activism #campusActivism #higherEd #academicFreedom #USpol #EuPol #censorship #stateRepression -
Sharing because I am humbled, honoured, proud, and galvanised - via 100% derived status - to work alongside the incredible Professor Kristina Hultgren at the #OpenUniversity on upholding #AcademicFreedom in #HigherEducation, which is being increasingly threatened.
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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And now this:
"despite affirming the term’s historical accuracy, the OU agreed to “not use the term ‘ancient Palestine’ in any future course materials”, and to “explain and contextualise its use in existing materials for current learners”."
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The Open Letter to #OpenUniversity Vice-Chancellor has reached 404 signatures since 12/02/26.
It's been signed by Profs Judith Butler, Ilan Pappé, Avi Shlaim, Nur Masalha, Rashid Khalidi, @VaroufakisDE, et al.
Pls read, share, sign, if you can🙏
#AcademicFreedom
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQkTPnYNKc-kpm9lLTzdw-TAcRm75o57VGziPimNEeNmGOoxH_mwixhcGvDwwMQbUmuzbfoEpnszGmT/pub -
MIT has become the first university to reject federal funding tied to the Trump administration’s proposed education agenda, citing concerns over academic freedom and independence. The administration’s compact, sent to nine top schools, asked for policies restricting transgender rights, capping international student enrollment, screening applicants’ “values,” and freezing tuition. In exchange, signers would get grant preference and White House access. MIT President Sally Kornbluth said the plan contradicts the school’s values and the principle that science funding should be merit-based, not politically conditioned. Will other schools follow MIT’s lead? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/mit-rejects-trump-agenda-funding-benefits-rcna236894 #MIT #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #Trump #TransRights #EdPolicy
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👩🎓 🤷 What can we do when academic freedom is hijacked by ideology?
@AvSchroeder from our team has given this a lot of thought and presents CAREFUL.
Read more on the 👩💻 𝒲𝒾𝒩𝑜𝒟𝒶 ℒ𝒶𝒷 𝒥𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓁 🗞️:
https://winoda.de/en/2025/10/10/the-magic-of-acronyms-part-3-careful/What are your thoughts? Do we already have all we need with FAIR, CARE, the Nagoya Protocoll and Barcelona Declaration? Are we saturated or is there still a need for more?
#FAIR #CAREPRINCIPLES #Nagoya #barcelonadeclaration #CAREFUL #blog #article #WiNoDa #fairdata #academicfreedom
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#AmericanPrestige pod welcomes back historian #RashidKhalidi to talk about #ColumbiaUniversity's entente with the #Trump Administration, #Columbia's measures to bring in "outside monitors," and how powerful donors and neoliberal management models are affecting humanities departments and #MiddleEastStudies.
#studentProtests #ColumbiaU #academicFreedom #campusActivism #stateRepression #GazaSolidarity #PalestineSolidarity #USpolitics #UShigherEd @palestine @israel
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#AmericanPrestige pod welcomes back historian #RashidKhalidi to talk about #ColumbiaUniversity's entente with the #Trump Administration, #Columbia's measures to bring in "outside monitors," and how powerful donors and neoliberal management models are affecting humanities departments and #MiddleEastStudies.
#studentProtests #ColumbiaU #academicFreedom #campusActivism #stateRepression #GazaSolidarity #PalestineSolidarity #USpolitics #UShigherEd @palestine @israel
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#AmericanPrestige pod welcomes back historian #RashidKhalidi to talk about #ColumbiaUniversity's entente with the #Trump Administration, #Columbia's measures to bring in "outside monitors," and how powerful donors and neoliberal management models are affecting humanities departments and #MiddleEastStudies.
#studentProtests #ColumbiaU #academicFreedom #campusActivism #stateRepression #GazaSolidarity #PalestineSolidarity #USpolitics #UShigherEd @palestine @israel
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#AmericanPrestige pod welcomes back historian #RashidKhalidi to talk about #ColumbiaUniversity's entente with the #Trump Administration, #Columbia's measures to bring in "outside monitors," and how powerful donors and neoliberal management models are affecting humanities departments and #MiddleEastStudies.
#studentProtests #ColumbiaU #academicFreedom #campusActivism #stateRepression #GazaSolidarity #PalestineSolidarity #USpolitics #UShigherEd @palestine @israel
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Science, researchers and research communities increasingly need to be resilient to threats and actual incursions relating to budget, academic freedom, safety in the public arena, availability of science databases and infrastructures and more. We created this framework to inspire communities in their resilience. It is quite generic, so needs to be customised to specific contexts and threats. #safeguardingresearch #defendresearch #resilience #academicfreedom @RShetty
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At the same time, a proposal making its way through #Congress that would increase #taxes on #university #endowments could cost #Harvard an estimated $850 million a year.
The wider #academic community was shocked at Thursday’s move by the #Trump Admin. In a statement, Sally Kornbluth, president of the #MIT, called it a “grave moment.”
#InternationalStudents #law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #BrainDrain #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
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Well done! @ALLEA releases a further statement calling out the continuing attempted Gleichschaltung of US academia.
https://allea.org/portfolio-item/allea-statement-on-continued-attacks-on-academic-freedom/
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I used to attend a university for a diploma in computer engineering. After a few semesters, I decided to stop studying there. I needed to withdraw. However, what they call "student peers"—I am not sure what the term is in English—were being reductionist and maximalist regarding the official documents, stating that I had already agreed to and chosen the university and the study program in the online application form. This is not fair. I believe it is important to treat each person as an individual, as a whole person, rather than merely considering what I have done to prevent me from leaving. I wasn't there to fulfill their collectivist culture, believing I should prioritize the university's name and dignity at the cost of my own. At the moment, I want to take a break from writing this, as my mind is troubled by thoughts of my past, including the emotional abuse I experienced from the university staff. Unfair, right?
#StudentRights #InstitutionalRigidity #FairTreatment #EducationalJustice #Individuality #MentalHealth #EmotionalAbuse #AcademicFreedom #StudentSupport #HigherEducation #UniversityPolicies #PersonalGrowth #RespectForIndividuals #EducationalReform #StudentWellbeing #MentalWellness #PersonalChoice #AcademicIntegrity #StudentVoice #FairPolicies
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@Luke_Drury and it seems that #TheRoyalSociety is not a signatory of this declaration and Musk is still a FRS ! All the societies in the #ALLEA should put some pressure on the RS to throw him out, THAT would be a strong sign, much stronger than a declaration. Otherwise the ALLEA should excude the RS from its members, to be coherent with their statement
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/04/elon-musk-science-royal-society-scientific-integrity
#AcademicFreedom
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#Trump demands unprecedented control at #ColumbiaUniversity, alarming scholars and speech groups
By COLLIN BINKLEY and JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 7:52 PM EDT, March 14, 2025NEW YORK (AP) — "The Trump administration brushed aside decades of precedent when it ordered Columbia University to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on academic freedom and a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny.
"Federal officials told the university it must immediately place its #MiddleEasternStudies, #SouthAsianStudies, and #AfricanStudies Department under 'academic receivership for a minimum of five years.' The demand was among several described as conditions for receiving federal funding, including $400 million already pulled over allegations of #antisemitism.
"Across #academia, it was seen as a stunning intrusion.
"'It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,' said Joan Scott, a historian and member of the academic freedom committee of the American Association of University Professors [#AAUP]. 'Even during the #McCarthy period in the United States, this was not done.'"
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #Censorship #DumbingUsDown #Authoritarianism #SilencingDissent #AcademicFreedom #Fascism -
Update. "ALLEA Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States"
https://allea.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ALLEA-Statement-on-Threats-to-Academic-Freedom.pdf"The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities expresses grave concern over the escalating threats to academic freedom, both in the United States and beyond. Recent developments regarding science and scholarship in the U.S., including executive orders freezing billions in federal research funding and censorship around topics such as climate change and gender, are forcing many U.S. science agencies and research organisations to abruptly suspend normal operations. Such censorship and political suppression of language, research topics, and methodologies—whether through funding restrictions, legislative control, or institutional interference—fundamentally compromise the integrity of scientific and scholarly endeavours not just in the U.S. but around the world due to the global nature of the research ecosystem."
#AcademicFreedom #ALLEA #Censorship #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
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#US / Harvard Divinity School administrators resign citing university's tolerance of anti-muslim bias and attacks on pro-Palestinian voices
Two administrators at Harvard Divinity School's Religion and Public Life program have resigned, citing the university's failure to address a hostile environment towards Muslims and those critical of Israel.
Hussein Rashid, the assistant dean, explicitly accused Harvard of tolerating racist and defamatory statements against the program, particularly from Jewish groups like Hillel and #Chabad.
[…] He cited as an example an Instagram post by Harvard Chabad, led by Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi, that said: “There are numerous Harvard academic centers that essentially function as Hamas or Palestinian embassies,” citing the Religion in Public Life center “in its entirety,” and concluding, “it’s stunning that there’s no call for some of these centers to be shut down or rebuilt in its entirety.”
@israel
@palestine
@academicchatter
#IsraelOccupation
#IsraelWarCrimes
#Islamophobia
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Thurs Nov 14th @ 1pm ET 8pm Palestine
#Gaza In Context: A Collaborative Teach-In Series
Leaving Zionism, Embracing Humanity | #RazSegal's Intellectual & Political Journey: Part 2 of 2
#RazSegal in conversation with #BassamHaddad
#Palestine #PalestineQuestion #Israel #oPt #GenocideStudies #IHRA #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #FreeSpeechOnCampus #CampusActivism #PalestineSolidarity #GazaSolidarity #Jadaliyya @palestine
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Thurs Nov 14th @ 1pm ET 8pm Palestine
#Gaza In Context: A Collaborative Teach-In Series
Leaving Zionism, Embracing Humanity | #RazSegal's Intellectual & Political Journey: Part 2 of 2
#RazSegal in conversation with #BassamHaddad
#Palestine #PalestineQuestion #Israel #oPt #GenocideStudies #IHRA #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #FreeSpeechOnCampus #CampusActivism #PalestineSolidarity #GazaSolidarity #Jadaliyya @palestine
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Thurs Nov 14th @ 1pm ET 8pm Palestine
#Gaza In Context: A Collaborative Teach-In Series
Leaving Zionism, Embracing Humanity | #RazSegal's Intellectual & Political Journey: Part 2 of 2
#RazSegal in conversation with #BassamHaddad
#Palestine #PalestineQuestion #Israel #oPt #GenocideStudies #IHRA #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #FreeSpeechOnCampus #CampusActivism #PalestineSolidarity #GazaSolidarity #Jadaliyya @palestine
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Thurs Nov 14th @ 1pm ET 8pm Palestine
#Gaza In Context: A Collaborative Teach-In Series
Leaving Zionism, Embracing Humanity | #RazSegal's Intellectual & Political Journey: Part 2 of 2
#RazSegal in conversation with #BassamHaddad
#Palestine #PalestineQuestion #Israel #oPt #GenocideStudies #IHRA #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #FreeSpeechOnCampus #CampusActivism #PalestineSolidarity #GazaSolidarity #Jadaliyya @palestine
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#UniversityOfCalifornia #Faculty Groups File Landmark Unfair Labor Practices Complaint Against #UC Over UC’s Repression of #ActivismForPalestine
Anna Markowitz, Wendy Matsumura, and Annie McClanahan join #SpeakingOutOfPlace to discuss their faculty associations' complaint
#FreeSpeechOnCampus #StudentProtests #FacultyProtests #CampusActivism #StateRepression #AcademicFreedom #USpol #USpolitics #Gaza #Palestine #GazaSolidarity #PalestineSolidarity
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#UniversityOfCalifornia #Faculty Groups File Landmark Unfair Labor Practices Complaint Against #UC Over UC’s Repression of #ActivismForPalestine
Anna Markowitz, Wendy Matsumura, and Annie McClanahan join #SpeakingOutOfPlace to discuss their faculty associations' complaint
#FreeSpeechOnCampus #StudentProtests #FacultyProtests #CampusActivism #StateRepression #AcademicFreedom #USpol #USpolitics #Gaza #Palestine #GazaSolidarity #PalestineSolidarity
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#UniversityOfCalifornia #Faculty Groups File Landmark Unfair Labor Practices Complaint Against #UC Over UC’s Repression of #ActivismForPalestine
Anna Markowitz, Wendy Matsumura, and Annie McClanahan join #SpeakingOutOfPlace to discuss their faculty associations' complaint
#FreeSpeechOnCampus #StudentProtests #FacultyProtests #CampusActivism #StateRepression #AcademicFreedom #USpol #USpolitics #Gaza #Palestine #GazaSolidarity #PalestineSolidarity
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#UniversityOfCalifornia #Faculty Groups File Landmark Unfair Labor Practices Complaint Against #UC Over UC’s Repression of #ActivismForPalestine
Anna Markowitz, Wendy Matsumura, and Annie McClanahan join #SpeakingOutOfPlace to discuss their faculty associations' complaint
#FreeSpeechOnCampus #StudentProtests #FacultyProtests #CampusActivism #StateRepression #AcademicFreedom #USpol #USpolitics #Gaza #Palestine #GazaSolidarity #PalestineSolidarity
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#academicfreedom in decline - the 2024 Academic Freedom Index shows a worrying global decline, often accompanied by polarisation. Globally, Europe remains a good place to be.
A rough snapshot, but worrying nevertheless.
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#academicfreedom in decline - the 2024 Academic Freedom Index shows a worrying global decline, often accompanied by polarisation. Globally, Europe remains a good place to be.
A rough snapshot, but worrying nevertheless.
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#academicfreedom in decline - the 2024 Academic Freedom Index shows a worrying global decline, often accompanied by polarisation. Globally, Europe remains a good place to be.
A rough snapshot, but worrying nevertheless.
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#academicfreedom in decline - the 2024 Academic Freedom Index shows a worrying global decline, often accompanied by polarisation. Globally, Europe remains a good place to be.
A rough snapshot, but worrying nevertheless.
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#academicfreedom in decline - the 2024 Academic Freedom Index shows a worrying global decline, often accompanied by polarisation. Globally, Europe remains a good place to be.
A rough snapshot, but worrying nevertheless.
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Academic Deported Ahead of Karnataka Govt Event
Nitasha Kaul, who heads the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, was invited by the Karnataka government to attend ‘The Constitution and Unity in India’ conference as a delegate. She was denied entry and made to leave India, she says.
#dissent #AcademicFreedom UnionGovt #NitashaKaul #KarnatakaGovt #RSS #kashmir #article370 #article370abrogation #hindutva #india
https://thewire.in/rights/nitasha-kaul-kashmiri-academic-uk-deported-denied-entry-karnataka
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Over 400 Signatories Express Outrage Over Silencing of Talks on Palestine on Indian Campuses
Among the signatories are sociologists, political scientists, academicians, researchers, and journalists. They strongly condemned the 'appropriation of the Palestinian issue to fuel Islamophobia in India'.
#GazaGenocide #FreeSpeech #IndianUniversities #gaza #palestine #israel #hamas #islamophobia #hindutva #censorship #AcademicFreedom #india
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For 3 years, #Redstate #legislatures have proposed #laws aimed at #banning teachings on #race, #slavery, #LGBTQ+ people — limiting #academicfreedom in #education.
#Fascist #censorship challenges the core #principle of #Academic #Freedoms in #Publicschools, #highereducation.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/11/29/americas-censored-classrooms-opinion/
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CW: Academic freedom in Florida